Consumer confidence in the overall direction of the economy showed slight improvement from last month while confidence in technology dropped to its lowest level since March 2009, according to the latest figures released today from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and CNET.
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iSkin (http://www.iskin.com) has introduced silo, its line of fashionable laptop carriers. Prices range from US$140 to $150.
The collection features three bag styles (silo Slim, silo Tote and silo Messenger) each styled with a unique graphic identity (Ami, Happy Friends, Royal, Karl The Ninja and Digital Camo). iSkin commissioned the illustrator Cako Martin and designer Esther Sanchez to create the bags’ original artwork.
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The iPhone 3GS captured 39% of iPhone OS requests in the latest AdMob report for March, followed by the 2nd generation iPod touch (25%) and the iPhone 3G (20%). The two most recent versions of the iPhone OS generate 86% of the traffic. In March 2010, 44% of iPhone OS traffic came from devices running iPhone OS 3.1.3 and 42% from iPhone OS 3.1.2.
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Most Japanese consumer electronics discount stores have halted online sales of iPods, iMacs and other Apple products, apparently at the request of US Apple, reports “MarketWatch” (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-retailers-halt-online-sales-of-apple-goods-2010-04-27?reflink=MW_news_stmp).
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The criminal probe into Apple’s “misplaced” iPhone prototype is expected to broaden, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told “CNET” (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003477-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20).
San Mateo County’s investigation may expand beyond Gawker Media’s Gizmodo.com, which acknowledged buying the prototype for US$5,000, and the unknown person who sold it to the gadget blog, the source said. Police obtained a warrant to search a Gizmodo editor’s home on Friday evening.
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